Three Muses relief
Three Muses relief. Below: NM 217; above: NM 216
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Three Muses
Three Muses
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Three Muses relief |
| Context: | From Mantinea |
| Findspot: | Found at Mantinea (in August 1887) |
| Summary: | Three Muses |
| Object Function: | Cult |
| Sculptor: | Attributed to the workshop of Praxiteles |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Statue base, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Medium relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 330 BC - ca. 320 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.97 m, L. 1.365 m |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Arcadia |
| Period: | Late Classical |
| In Whole: | Mantinea statue base |
Subject Description:
Three heavily draped Muses: one standing at left holding an aulos or double pipe, one standing in center holding scroll, one sitting on rock at right holding a scroll or a musical instrument.
Condition: Nearly complete
Condition Description: This one (of perhaps four original relief plaques) is reconstructed from three joining pieces, preserving most of the plaque; chipped heavily on the plinth and upper edge, and slightly pitted on the surface.
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